Arnaud Rivieren

Arnaud Rivieren

Art & Sculpture - 1966 - Brussel (Belgium)

Dubai-based sculptor Arnaud Rivieren works solely with industrial scrap and mainly with stainless steel. Called by the press "a scientist of spatial subterfuge, a doctor of dynamics, [and] the crown prince of the circle", he recently gained waves of applause for his third solo show at B21 Gallery.

Rivieren is so entranced by the creative possibilities of steel, he regularly truffles the scrap heaps and steelyards of the UAE in search for raw material. Sourcing pieces of recycled steel that have already served a practical purpose, he then painstakingly works his materials through a lengthy, organic transformation, giving them new life in the process and ultimately reforming them into stunning angular shapes that contort, curve, twist and revolve into sculpture.